Overview
- The league said officials found “additional combative actions” by Powell that constituted a fighting act, adding two conference games to the NCAA’s automatic one-game ban.
- Powell will miss DePaul, Xavier and Creighton, and is eligible to return March 4 against Marquette.
- No other participants were suspended, with several St. John’s ejections tied to leaving the bench area under NCAA rules.
- The Feb. 14 game was stopped for roughly 19 minutes after Powell’s flagrant-2 on former Friar Bryce Hopkins triggered a fracas with six immediate ejections, with a seventh later for Providence’s Jamier Jones.
- St. John’s won 79-69 to extend its streak to 11 straight, and Providence athletic director Steve Napolillo issued a statement supporting Powell’s suspension.